East High shooting suspect Austin Lyle on probation for weapons charge

The 17-year-old student who police say shot two East High School administrators Wednesday was on probation for a prior weapons charge, The Denver Post confirmed. Prosecutors charged Austin Lyle with possessing a dangerous weapon and a large-capacity magazine in late 2021 after he was arrested by Aurora police, The Post found. Lyle was accepted into a diversion program — which

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Suspect in custody at Aurora standoff offered to make contact with teen who died of self-inflicted gun shot

The brother of a teenager who police say died of a self-inflicted gunshot during a standoff had offered to help officers contact the teen in person at the scene, but officers dismissed the request and confined the brother to a police car. The 16-year-old who died in the Aurora standoff is identified as Octavius Greenwood, according to a court document.

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